All the running around we did on Saturday with two shows – the first at Crystal’s private party and the second The Next Hoorah in an open air venue that turned out to be on the chilly side for Lorraine and Kaye – and then Sunday making up for the music classes Kaye missed on…
Monthly Archives: November 2008
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Thanksgiving Gallery
by Brian David Phillips •
The Phillips Clan, Taipei Branch, spent Thanksgiving evening with friends in the home of Michael Cheng. Having at the food. Delicious. Photos by Kaye Phillips, full gallery at http://public.fotki.com/briandavidphillips/special_events_birt/2008-11-27-thanksgiving. Happy Thanksgiving to all. All the best,Brian
Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
Next Hoorah is Tonight! Be there!
by Brian David Phillips •
If you missed it, I will be performing at THE NEXT HOORAH tonight! I am on stage 8:45-9:25pm. See https://briandavidphillips.net/2008/11/the-next-hoorah.html for details. This Saturday evening enjoy music and fun. I will be appearing at THE NEXT HOORAH (http://taipeimotion.com) presenting hypnotic comedy fun in the 8:45-9:25pm slot right between a couple great music acts. The Next…
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Matrix on Windows
by Brian David Phillips •
What if the Matrix ran on Windows? See the youtube in high quality at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM.
Intuitionist: Psychic Intuitionism
Psychics in the Boardroom
. . . intutionism comes of age
by Brian David Phillips •
What comes around, just keeps comin’ around. Welcome to the twenty-first century when important business decisions are guided by psychics. The New York Times just printed a feature on how more businesses are turning to psychics to help them weather the economic downturn. I realize that the following will offend the sensibilities of some of…
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Happy Thanksgiving . . .
. . . you know the food riots aren’t far away when you hear stories like this
by Brian David Phillips •
While driving to work the other day and listening to the English-language radio, a story that’s particularly depressing came on about the number of Americans last year who were food-disadvantaged skyrocketed and things don’t look to be getting any better. Close to thirty million Americans are relying on food stamps to survive (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/usa-2008-the-great-depression-803095.html). There are…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance
The Next Hoorah . . .
. . . party in Tucheng
. . . see me onstage this weekend!
by Brian David Phillips •
This Saturday evening enjoy music and fun. I will be appearing at THE NEXT HOORAH (http://taipeimotion.com) presenting hypnotic comedy fun in the 8:45-9:25pm slot right between a couple great music acts. The Next Hoorah is a musical extravaganza with a few comedy and variety style acts to keep things fresh (that’s me, freshener). It’s going…
Hypnosis Videos
Happy Finger . . . the best kind of finger
by Brian David Phillips •
Okay, you know I’m going to do it . . . if you sit in my hypnosis chair, there is a pretty good chance you’re going to end up with a "happy finger" . . . it’s one of the processes folks know me for and one that I really enjoy playing with. The following…
Hypnosis Videos, Walkabout Trance Street Hypnosis
Walkabout Trance Fun
by Brian David Phillips •
A number of folks know me for the speed hypnosis and walkabout trance street hypnosis work I do. I was burrowing through some old disks and found a couple clips that demonstrate both. WALKABOUT TRANCE HANDCLASP See the clip on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCcCtMGx5x8 (be sure to click on the watch in high quality link). WALKABOUT…
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Gentle Rapid Hypnosis Inductions
by Brian David Phillips •
As many of you know, in March I will be presenting a couple seminars for the Global Hypnosis eSummit (http://www.hypnosummit.com). One will be on Ideomotor Effect Processes while the other is on Gentle Rapid Hypnosis Inductions. So many folks think of instant and rapid hypnosis as slam, bam, trance-you-ma’am sorts of things that rely upon…
Experiential Trance, Hypnosis in the News, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Hypnosis and Childbirth
by Brian David Phillips •
Arielle Clay reports both a story and video on hypnosis for childbirth at NBC Augusta . . . Hypnosis and Childbirth (http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/34904014.html) . . . the lead-in sums it up: Imagine a pain free child birth without the help of medication. One Grovetown woman is instructing expectant mothers on a technique she says can offer…
*** Workshop Announcements, Hypnosis Videos
Speed Hypnosis Techniques DVD set clarification
by Brian David Phillips •
Just to clarify since this has come up regarding the SPEED HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES DVD SET Pre-Release Sale . . . Please Note . . . the special pricing at http://www.briandavidphillips.net/store is a Pre-Release Sale, not a regular sale transaction, the release date is Dec. 15 and the special pricing expires at that time . .…
Hypnosis in the News
Hypno-Cesarean
by Brian David Phillips •
Doctors in Iran performed a c-section without any drugs via hypnosis. See the video via youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iftWAM1QljU. A number of photographs of the procedure and the healthy baby can be found at http://www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1197.html as well. All the best,Brian HYPNOSIS CERTIFICATION VIDEO COURSECOMPREHENSIVE CORE SKILLS HYPNOSIS DVDshttp://www.briandavidphillips.net/store Upcoming Shows: SEDUCTION MINDTRICKS: Comedy Hypnosis with an…
Hypnosis in the News
Hypnosis to Deal with Financial Stress (Wall Street Journal)
by Brian David Phillips •
Mary Pilon has an extensive feature in the Wall Street Journal on how "More People Use Hypnosis to Deal with Financial Stress" (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122644586325518911.html). Given that the economy is one of the chief concerns of most folks and gets a lot of negative press, it is not a surprise that it is the source of a…
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Doctor Who meets Star Trek
by Brian David Phillips •
I don’t remember seeing this sequence in the Christmas special, but wish it were there. See the clip on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fJYU0QHWhk.
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Crystal Ball Hypnosis
by Brian David Phillips •
The cliche with crystal balls is the Hollywood image of an exotic fortune teller gazing into the ball and seeing all manner of strange and exotic images or scenes as if they are watching three-dimensional characters from the future acting out fate for those in the present. Well, while some folks who perform "authentic" scrying…
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SPEED HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES DVD SET PRE-RELEASE SALE!
by Brian David Phillips •
SPEED HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUESDVD SET PRESALE : Order Before Dec. 15http://www.briandavidphillips.net/store The real secrets of the truly fast, faster and fastest hypnosis inductions ever!! Special Comprehensive Course in Hypnosis and Instant and Rapid Hypnosis for Anyplace, Anytime, and Any trance (Clinic, Classroom, Club,Stage, Street, Walkabout, Anywhere) Secrets of Fast, Faster, Fastest Hypnotic Techniques A number of…
Celebrity Hypnosis, Experiential Trance, Hypnosis Videos, Hypnosis: Entertainment, Stage, and Performance, Influence
Kreskin . . . Genuine Hypnosis in Horror Movie
by Brian David Phillips •
When the Amazing Kreskin was asked to play an evil hypnotist in Dante Tomaselli’s film Horror, he decided he wanted to honor a conversation he had with Orson Welles years before . . . all the suggestion effects in the film are genuine. BEHIND THE SCENES See clip on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6z6t1ApSz0. SCENE FROM FILM…
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b e p s y c h i c
PSYCHIC HYPNOSIS
催眠與靈異現象
January 10-11, Taipei
by Brian David Phillips •
b e p s y c h i c PSYCHIC HYPNOSIS 催眠與靈異現象 http://www.briandavidphillips.com/training/psychichyp.html A Practical Course in Experiential Intuition Enhancement 以務實態度看催眠的奧秘 Rev. Dr. Brian David Phillips 羅狼仁教授 http://www.briandavidphillips.com/training/psychichyp.html Step into the paranormal and magickal world of esoteric intuitive psychic processes made practical, of hidden concepts made clear, of introspective meditation and powerful changework. Here we…
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Gay Marriage
by Brian David Phillips •
Keith Olbermann on the passage of Proposition Eight in California . . . Excellent and moving presentation . . . http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/27652443#27652443 . . . well done, Keith. It won’t be persuasive to the folks who for the most part voted for the incredibly misinformed rights-abolishing creature from the dark side that is Proposition Eight. All…
Eroticatrance, Influence
Cure for Shyness? Watch a DVD of fifty women staring into the camera.
by Brian David Phillips •
So, let’s say you have a case of communication apprehension, the kind that makes it extremely difficult for you to talk to women. What do you do? Well, some Japanese men purchase a DVD specifically designed to help them get "used" to seeing a woman look at them. The DVD is comprised of video of…
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest, Influence
Psychology and Torture
by Brian David Phillips •
Stanley Fish has an opinion piece today in the New York Times – Psychology and Torture (http://fish.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/psychology-and-torture/) – on the recent declaration by the American Psychology Association which bans members from being part of interrogations (not limited to torture but US military interrogations that include "pressure" tactics are the intended target). Fish gives some interesting…
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Music Studio in Guitar Hero World Tour
by Brian David Phillips •
One of the reasons my daughter Kaye (http://www.kayephillips.com) is excited about Guitar Hero World Tour – besides the continuation of Guitar Hero funness – is that the new game has a music studio built in that allows folks to share their own original compositions. Since Kaye is a composer (albeit, focused on piano rather than…
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Gay Marriage . . . taking rights away
by Brian David Phillips •
Hypnosis, Trance, Meditation, and The Rest
Suggestibility Effects Revised
by Brian David Phillips •
Since a number of you have asked for further clarification of the Suggestibility Effect Sequencing for Genuine Waking Hypnosis piece at https://briandavidphillips.net/2008/11/suggestibility.html and more on suggestibility effects in general, I have revised my post from a number of years back that details over two dozen suggestibility effects and how to perform them. See Suggestibility Games…
